Thank you for your suggestions. I'm afraid I may need a little hand-holding on this. I had already purged ifupdown via "aptitude purge ifupdown" right after ifupdown was removed automatically.
I will hope to find time this weekend to compare the contents of /etc/netscript/network.conf with those of systems that are behaving normally. With respect to the suggestion to "configure eth0_IPADDR", I'm afraid I'm clueless as to what that means. Sorry for being a tyro at this. I'm a happy user of 5 Debian testing systems for a couple of years (using "testing" instead of "squeeze" or "wheezy" in /etc/apt/sources.list), and I have the occasional "adventure". But I have to say that I've never had to go spelunking into the netscript package locations. Many thanks for your help. On 06/15/2012 04:23 PM, Matthew Grant wrote: > Have a look at /etc/net script/network.conf. further down this file you > will find eth_start/eth_stop functions. They hook functions to hook dhcp in > for initial configuration (and where you can hook tunnel daemons etc). Also > configure eth0_IPADDR. Dpkg --purge ifupdown as it can cause some issues > with unit script circular dependencies at times. Please let me know how you > go. > > Matthew Grant > On Jun 16, 2012 4:39 AM, "Gilbert Sullivan" <whirly...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Package: netscript-2.4 >> Version: 5.2.11 >> Severity: normal >> >> Dear Maintainer, >> *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** >> >> * What led up to the situation? >> >> On 05/18/2012 upgrade in netbase:amd64 (4.47, 5.0) resulted in >> automatic removal of ifupdown and automatic >> installation of netscript 2.4. Problem appeared first reboot >> following these changes to the system. >> >> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or >> ineffective)? >> >> Setting system to connect using any fixed IP address results in a >> 60 second timeout at the configuring >> interface step of the boot process. Then the system goes on to a >> second 60 second timeout at the starting >> MTA step of the boot process. >> >> Setting system to connect via DHCP results in a normal boot process >> with no timeouts. >> >> I can turn off Wicd and prevent it from starting. Again, >> configuring /etc/network/interfaces for fixed IP >> address results in two 60 second timeouts, and configuring >> interfaces for DHCP results in a normal boot >> process with no timeouts. >> >> Hitting <Ctrl>+<C> key combination at the configuring interface >> prompt during the boot process causes the >> boot process to continue at a normal pace with no timeout at >> starting MTA step. >> >> * What was the outcome of this action? >> >> I believe I have eliminated Wicd as a suspect. I have also >> confirmed that the system does actually have >> the correct fixed IP address when these timeouts occur. But it >> LOOKS as though the system were waiting >> the timeout period to receive a DHCP lease. >> >> -- System Information: >> Debian Release: wheezy/sid >> APT prefers testing >> APT policy: (500, 'testing') >> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) >> >> Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) >> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) >> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash >> >> Versions of packages netscript-2.4 depends on: >> ii bash 4.2-2 >> ii bridge-utils 1.5-3 >> ii iproute 20120521-2 >> ii iptables 1.4.13-1.1 >> ii isc-dhcp-client [dhcp3-client] 4.2.2.dfsg.1-5 >> ii netbase 5.0 >> >> Versions of packages netscript-2.4 recommends: >> ii quagga 0.99.21-3 >> >> Versions of packages netscript-2.4 suggests: >> ii dnsmasq 2.61-1 >> ii quagga 0.99.21-3 >> ii resolvconf 1.65 >> ii whereami 0.3.34-0.3 >> ii wicd 1.7.2.4-2 >> ii wpasupplicant 1.0-2 >> >> -- Configuration Files: >> /etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/README [Errno 13] Permission denied: >> u'/etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/README' >> /etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/dnat-defs [Errno 13] Permission denied: >> u'/etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/dnat-defs' >> /etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/example.def [Errno 13] Permission denied: >> u'/etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/example.def' >> /etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/example2.def [Errno 13] Permission denied: >> u'/etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/example2.def' >> /etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/local.def [Errno 13] Permission denied: >> u'/etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/local.def' >> /etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/masq-defs [Errno 13] Permission denied: >> u'/etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/masq-defs' >> /etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/network-defs [Errno 13] Permission denied: >> u'/etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/network-defs' >> /etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/prototypes-defs [Errno 13] Permission denied: >> u'/etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/prototypes-defs' >> /etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/prototypes.sh [Errno 13] Permission denied: >> u'/etc/netscript/ipfilter-defs/prototypes.sh' >> >> -- no debconf information >> >> >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
